Turkey hats are a fun way to get in the spirit of Thanksgiving. Turkey hats are easy to make, and they’re a great craft for kids.
11 Turkey Hat Craft For Kids
We’ve rounded up some of our favorite turkey hat crafts that you can make with your kids this year! The last one on our list is my personal favorite—it combines glitter with feathers, which makes it beautiful and adds some extra sparkle to your Thanksgiving dinner table!
Tom Turkey hat craft
Materials.
- Paper plate
- Feathers
- Glue
Instructions.
Cut a paper plate in half and glue feathers on top of one half, leaving some space at the bottom for the googly eyes to fit in when you’re finished.
Glue googly eyes onto the other side of your plate and let dry for about 15 minutes before wearing it! You can also glue felt or paper feathers onto the hat if you’d like to make it more festive for Thanksgiving celebrations!
Turkey Hat Craft for Kids
You will need.
- Paper plate (the bigger the better)
- Marker (to draw a turkey on the plate)
- Feathers for decoration (optional)
- Glue gun (to glue feathers onto the paper plate)
Turkey Hat Craft for Kids
This is a fun and easy craft for kids to make.
You can use a paper plate to create your turkey hat and decorate it with feathers, leaves, or both. Children will have so much fun creating this hat that they won’t even realize they’re learning!
Paper Plate Turkey Hats
Materials.
- Paper plates
- Construction paper
- Crayons
- Googly eyes (optional)
- Glue or tape to attach feathers (optional)
Instructions: Cut out a paper plate and glue feathers all over it. Then, use your imagination and think of what you can do with it!
Turkey Hat Craft for Kids
Materials.
- Black, yellow and white construction paper
- Scissors
- Directions:
Cut out a large oval shape from the black construction paper. This will be your turkey’s body. Cut another large oval shape out of the yellow construction paper, but make it slightly smaller than your first oval so that when you put them together they form a circle. Leave one small piece of yellow leftover for later use on top of your hat’s headband.
Now cut out two long triangles from white construction paper (they should be slightly smaller than both ovals). These will serve as wings for your bird! Now glue these triangles onto either side of its body using glue or tape.*
Feathers, Freedom, and Foliage (hat craft)
Get to work!
Begin by painting the paper plate with a bold, primary color of acrylic paint. We used red, but you could use any color you’d like!
Let your child arrange some feathers on their hat using a glue gun and stapler (where appropriate) –
Make Sure It’s Secure!
Now for the fun part let’s decorate our hats with leaves!
Try using a hole punch or just cutting them out with scissors if you don’t have one nearby; we used three different types of leaves in our Turkey Hat Craft For Kids, but there are tons more varieties out there to experiment with – see what happens when you try something new!
Turkey Hat Craft for Kids
To make this turkey hat, you will need.
- A paper plate
- Feathers (you can get these at a craft store)
- Glue
- Scissors
Cut the paper plate in half and glue the two halves together so that they form a circle. Use a hole punch to cut a hole in the center of your plate as shown above. This is where you’ll add your head!
Turkey Hat Craft for Kids
Turkey hat crafts are easy activities you can do with your kids this Thanksgiving. Using a paper plate, feathers, and some paint, you can create a turkey hat for your child to wear to the dinner table.
This is also a great craft to do at a Thanksgiving party or home school project!
Materials.
- 1 Paper Plate (can be used as a template)
- Feathers
- Paint & Paint Brushes
Print out the pattern onto paper or use it as a template that you cut out. Cut out 2 circles from the hat shape templates and glue them together to make one large circle on top of another small circle.
Use a scissor or Exacto knife to cut around the outer edge so that it is smooth and even with no jagged edges left over when both pieces are glued together perfectly flat against each other’s surfaces; then glue onto a surface area where the head would rest inside of hat (either side depending on what kind of design you want).
Next, take another piece of paper (or cardboard) and trace around the bottom border lines so that 4 equal sides are making up the surface area underneath where the neck will rest inside of the hat (either side depending on what kind
Paper Plate With Feathers
A Turkey hat using a paper plate with feathers spread out is a fun craft to make at a Thanksgiving party or home school project!
Print out the turkey hat template and cut out the pieces.
Glue feathers onto the paper plate using a glue gun or glue stick, leaving some space between each feather for glitter to be added later in step 4.
Cut out eyes from black construction paper, then glue them to the front of your Turkey Hat with a glue gun or glue stick (you can also use white paint and a paintbrush). Add eyebrows with a black marker if desired!
Thanksgiving Turkey Hats
You will need.
- Craft sticks (or toothpicks, or popsicle sticks)
- Green and yellow tissue paper or crepe paper
- Scissors
- Directions
To make the turkey, cut three pieces of paper that are each about 8 by 10 inches. The piece on top should be green. Cut out two ovals for eyes from yellow tissue or crepe paper.
Roll up the sides of the green piece so they look like feathers and tape them down with masking tape. Tape your eyepieces on top of the rolled-up feathers with double-sided tape so they’re secure but still moveable if you want to change them later!
Easy Activities
Turkey hat crafts are a fun way to celebrate Thanksgiving with your kids! These hats are easy to make,and they’re great for kids of all ages.
You can even make them ahead of time and let your little ones wear them on Thanksgiving day.
Thanksgiving turkey hat crafts for kids are super easy to put together because all you need is some paint and construction paper. If you want an idea of what the finished product should look like, just search “Turkey hat” on Google Images or Pinterest!
Conclusion
We hope you and your children have fun making these turkey hat crafts! Remember, if you make one of these projects for Thanksgiving or any other holiday, send us a photo on Instagram using the tag #thecraftycrowd to be featured in an upcoming post.
